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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

Final Call for AGRO-ICT- Conference Uganda

There are only some days left until AGRO-ICT conference opens its doors in Uganda. If you have not registered yet, please do it at: http://www.progis.com/events/uganda2010/registration.html . Since our last message, we have upgraded the program with some very interesting topics. Please look at:http://www.progis.com/events/uganda2010/program.html

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

OpenGeo’s Gabriel Roldan to Speak on GeoNode at Latin-American Open Source Software Conference

Gabriel Roldan, Geospatial Solutions Consultant at OpenGeo, will speak Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at the seventh annual Latinoware conference in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.  Mr. Roldan’s talk, entitled “Building Enterprise SDI with GeoNode” will discuss the development of collaborative spatial data infrastructures using GeoNode, OpenGeo’s new open source SDI platform.   The presentation is aimed at

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

Germany – Commission for Agriculture in the Federal Environment Agency Established

The establishment of a “Commission agriculture at the Federal Environment Ministry (KLU) to strengthen environmental protection and agriculture. Head of the KLU Lutz Ribbe, Director of the Foundation is EURONATUR. “The effects of agriculture on our climate, soils and waters continue to cause major environmental problems that must be addressed urgently. The Agriculture Commission is to advise the

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

GeoEye Reports Strong 2010 Third Quarter Results

GeoEye, Inc. announced today strong revenue results for its fiscal third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2010. “For the third quarter, we delivered strong revenue growth, operating margins and adjusted EBITDA results,” said Matt O’Connell, chief executive officer and president. “The recent award of a ten-year EnhancedView contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), worth up to

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

LandScan Global Population Database

Developed and published by Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the U.S. Government, LandScan™ comprises a worldwide population database compiled on a 30″ X 30″ latitude/longitude grid. This unique and highly valuable dataset covers the entire globe, excluding Antarctica, and is updated annually. East View Cartographic is the only value-added reseller of LandScan licensed to subdivide

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

2.5D City Model – A Cost Effective Solution for 3D Needs

Producing 3D models from high-resolution stereo imagery is a proven method for the creation of 3D city models. Unfortunately, it is also proven that this method is very costly and can be out of reach for many that would otherwise benefit from its features. To bring the benefits of the 3D city model to a broader

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

Trimble Introduces Next Generation Nomad

Trimble introduced today the next generation of the Trimble® Nomad® outdoor rugged handheld computers. The Nomad 900 series adds a 5MP auto-focus camera with flash, enhanced GPS performance, and new Wi-Fi® capabilities. These new features, along with the its rugged construction and computing power, make the Trimble Nomad 900 series ideal for mobile workers in

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

NVIDIA Delivers World’s Fastest DX11 GPU… Again!

NVIDIA today announced the latest consumer GPU based on the NVIDIA® Fermi architecture, the GeForce® GTX 580, which has been reengineered from the transistor-level up to deliver increased power efficiency and performance over previous generation products.

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

Zebra Imaging Responds To “Holographic Telepresence” Announcement by University of Arizona Researchers

“Zebra Imaging is a pioneer in the development of both holographic print and motion display technologies with a broad portfolio of intellectual property including more than 80 issued and pending patents”, said Al Wargo, Chairman and CEO of Zebra Imaging. “Real-time, full-parallax 3D display products, not requiring any special eye-wear for viewing, are our core

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

FARO organizes its first Pan-European User Meeting for Laser Scanner Customers

Faro Technologies UK Ltd announces its first Pan-European user meeting for laser scanner customers. The laser scanner user meeting will take place on 9th December at the RAI Convention Centre in Amsterdam one day after SPAR Europe 2010, the event that will showcase the next-generation scanning and 3D imaging technology. The user meeting will be a great